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A new study has made it possible to put figures on a number of theories for the way the ice sheet in West Greenland has developed over the last million years. This provides renewed insight and understanding of the ice movements and mountain erosion, giving specific substance to several key theories. Behind the new discovery is a young PhD student,…

The Greater Mara is a large area covering 668,500 hectares in south-western Kenya. The animal life is completely unique and the area is home to the famous Maasai tribe. New research now shows that the area is seriously threatened by human-induced changes, and that fencing is shooting up on an unprecedented scale and at a rapid pace.

Last week, some of the leading materials researchers in the world got together in Odense. They agreed on the last details of DanMAX – the forthcoming Danish instrument on the large new MAX IV X-ray facility in Lund, Sweden.

By studying a large protein (the C1 protein) with X-rays and electron microscopy, researchers from Aarhus University in Denmark have established a new model for how an important part of the innate immune system is activated. The activation of the C1 protein is a fundamental mechanism in immunology, and therefore the new research results also have…

On 23 January, the VILLUM FOUNDATION’s Young Investigator Programme awarded DKK 17.5 million altogether to two Aarhus postdoctoral fellows – Søren Ulstrup and Vivi Kathrine Pedersen. The funds are targeted to give their research a significant boost.

Farming is facing a paradigm shift in which smart IT solutions will modernise the industry and make it more efficient. The EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation is granting hundreds of millions to a large demonstration project to boost development.

Aarhus University would like to prepare Danish companies for a future with smart products when the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Engineering hold Brainnovation Day. The event is free and will be held on Thursday 19 January from 9.30 to 16.00. Eighty participants have already registered to attend.

Although they have been extinct for more than 10,000 years, the woolly mammoth, giant beaver and giant sloth can nevertheless provide information about what happens to the ecosystems when the most distinctive species die out. This is shown in new research from Aarhus University.

The Danish subsurface contains enormous amounts of heat energy. Innovation Fund Denmark has granted DKK 17 million to a new project with the participation of researchers at the Department of Geoscience, which will pave the way for exploiting this resource on a large scale, and contribute to the green transformation of the Danish heat supply.